A POLYCHROME WOOD ALTAR-CABINET

Description:

Tibet, ca. 1900
136 x 83 x 22 cm
The rectangular altar-cabinet shows an upper section with three rows of each four horse-shoe shaped display niches separated from each other by vertical columns, painted with scrolling tendrils against a red background, the lower part with a pair of doors painted with various offering scenes including skull-cups and human organs below swaying tassels and the red coloured base section decorated with offering-bowls.
Former German private collection, acquired prior to 2007
Traces of use and age